Rhode Island’s top transportation official has dealt a potentially fatal blow to the campaign to raise the height of a planned Providence River pedestrian bridge and extend a riverwalk through the former Interstate 195 land.
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Cape Wind, the $2.6 billion offshore wind farm that’s been under development in Massachusetts for 13 years, is facing a significant threat as two utilities seek to terminate contracts to buy electricity.
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By breaking off talks with a group looking to redevelop the former Shooters nightclub property on the Providence waterfront, the R.I. Department of Environmental Management has given the public a chance to rethink just what belongs on this waterfront property next to India Point Park at the head of Narragansett Bay.
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Demand for the 48 micro-lofts at the Arcade Providence has only increased since the first tenants arrived in December 2013. Corey Towner, above, lives in one of the second-floor units. Towner was on the original waiting list of approximately 2,000, and feels lucky to be there. The waiting list has doubled, though new units, which rarely come available, are not leased on a strict first-come, first-served basis. The lofts range in size from 225 square feet to 850 square feet.
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As the weather heats up, the discussion over what will happen with the Pawtucket Red Sox will as well.
Providence attorney James J. Skeffington, lead partner of the investment group that bought the minor league club, could not have been …
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